I'm using HD from my old computer (XP) as an external drive on my Vista laptop. The HD has XP on it. When I power up it looks like the HD is trying to boot XP on top of my Vista and freezes the system. How can I avoid this attempted boot? Where should I place the jumper on the HD. Should it be Slave or what??
Is external drive trying to boot?
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Bare Foot Kid
R.I.P. August 13th 2014
Hello tottieon.
Is there data on the drive you can't lose or could you use diskpart to zero the drive and settle the issue.
Have a look at #7 (clean all) in the tutorial at the link below.
Disk - Clean and Clean All with Diskpart Command - Windows 7 Forums
Is there data on the drive you can't lose or could you use diskpart to zero the drive and settle the issue.
Have a look at #7 (clean all) in the tutorial at the link below.
Disk - Clean and Clean All with Diskpart Command - Windows 7 Forums
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Thanks Bare Foot Kid.
Trouble is I can't access the disc to do anything with it as it doesn't show up anywhere. I have tried the jumper now in every possible position but still nogo.
Lots of files on there that I need and want to access.
Any further suggestions would be welcomed.
Trouble is I can't access the disc to do anything with it as it doesn't show up anywhere. I have tried the jumper now in every possible position but still nogo.
Lots of files on there that I need and want to access.
Any further suggestions would be welcomed.
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Bare Foot Kid
R.I.P. August 13th 2014
Hello again tottieon.
OK I get you now.
You mention "slave" so I can assume the drive in question is PATA/IDE and not SATA? The drive that you are booting Windows from, what is it?
OK I get you now.
You mention "slave" so I can assume the drive in question is PATA/IDE and not SATA? The drive that you are booting Windows from, what is it?
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System One
-
- Manufacturer/Model
- * BFK Customs *
- CPU
- Intel C2Q 9550 Yorkfield
- Motherboard
- ASUS P5Q Pro
- Memory
- 8GB Dominator 8500C5D
- Graphics card(s)
- XFX ATI 1GB 4870 XXX
- Sound Card
- Realtek HD 7-1
- Monitor(s) Displays
- 1x 47" LCD HDMI & 2x 26" LCD HDMI
- Screen Resolution
- 1920x1080P & 1920x1200
- Hard Drives
- 2x 500GB 7200RPM 32MB Cache WD Caviar Black
- PSU
- Corsair 620HX
- Case
- CM Cosmos RC-1000
- Cooling
- Tuniq Tower 120, 2x 140mm and 3x 120mm case fans
- Mouse
- Razer Diamondback 3G
- Keyboard
- HP Enhansed Multimedia
- Internet Speed
- 18.6Mb/s
- Other Info
- My First Build ;)
Hi again Barefoot Kid
Sorry! I should have given the parameters.
I Installed the old HD in an IDE to SATA enclosure and connected to the laptop via USB. I have tried every available permutation of jumper positions but laptop won't even see the HD.
Laptop is running Vista. Old HD has XP on it.
Is it trying to boot XP over the Vista????
Sorry! I should have given the parameters.
I Installed the old HD in an IDE to SATA enclosure and connected to the laptop via USB. I have tried every available permutation of jumper positions but laptop won't even see the HD.
Laptop is running Vista. Old HD has XP on it.
Is it trying to boot XP over the Vista????
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wheelsmith
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easy way is not to connect the external drive connected while booting the laptop 
or you could remove the old boot partition by reformating it or remove the hiddern bootstrap files. then the bios will not try to select it on boot ( be cautious this may remove your data as well)
changing jumpers on the drive may not make any difference as some of the built in usb controllers ignore them, if your not sure use slave or cable select (cs) or check the instructions that came with the enclosure.
or you could remove the old boot partition by reformating it or remove the hiddern bootstrap files. then the bios will not try to select it on boot ( be cautious this may remove your data as well)
changing jumpers on the drive may not make any difference as some of the built in usb controllers ignore them, if your not sure use slave or cable select (cs) or check the instructions that came with the enclosure.
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Hi again Bare Foot Kid
In my last post I said "IDE to SATA enclosure"
I meant to say IDE to USB enclosure
Sorry
In my last post I said "IDE to SATA enclosure"
I meant to say IDE to USB enclosure
Sorry
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Hi Wheelsmith
Thanks for the suggestions but the problem is that I can't access the drive to do anything with it! It doesn't show up on the laptop.
Thanks for the suggestions but the problem is that I can't access the drive to do anything with it! It doesn't show up on the laptop.
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wheelsmith
Power User
ah i see you cant access and see the drive from explorer
can you see any reference to it from device manager and disk management/computer management?
a couple of things come to mind, your laptop bios may not see the drive size correctly as a usb device or hasnt enought power to run it when windows is booted and manageing resources. a bios update may fix that.
it could be a drive label/path conflict, you cant have 2 c:/ running at same time and windows hasnt automaticly changed it. you can assign that yourself in disk management.
look into those for starters.
can you see any reference to it from device manager and disk management/computer management?
a couple of things come to mind, your laptop bios may not see the drive size correctly as a usb device or hasnt enought power to run it when windows is booted and manageing resources. a bios update may fix that.
it could be a drive label/path conflict, you cant have 2 c:/ running at same time and windows hasnt automaticly changed it. you can assign that yourself in disk management.
look into those for starters.
My Computer
System One
-
- Manufacturer/Model
- home brews
- Motherboard
- pc1 msi k7delta, pc2 asus kn79txd evo
- Memory
- pc1 2gb crucial, pc2 4gb gskill ripjaws
- Graphics card(s)
- pc1 bfg 7800gs, pc2 shapphire 5770 vapor-x
- Sound Card
- onboard
- PSU
- corsair hx
- Case
- jeantech phong
- Cooling
- pc1, handmade waterblocks,passive cooling, pc2 corsair h50
- Mouse
- logictech mx510s wired